Tick-tack toy.



E. C. REGLI.

TICK-TACK TOY.

APPLICATION IILBD JULY 2a, 1908.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

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plane faces 1 EDWARD C. REGLI, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

TICK-TACK TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

Application filed July 23, 1908. Serial No. 444,922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. REGLI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tick-Tack Toys; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to mechanical vibrators, and has for its object theproduction of a self-contained device of this general character whichmay be operated by merely applying it to an object, so as to communicateone or more taps or blows thereto.

Briefly stated, the invention comprises a train of gears with anactuating spring, a vibrating or tapping member driven by the gears anda detent for said member, the whole inclosed within a casing having anopening through which both the detent and the vibrating member mayproject, the parts of the casing contiguous to said opening being shapedso as to form a limiting gage for application to an object, whereby thedetent may be forced in by the application to the object, and thevibrating member will there upon act upon the object through the openmg.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in -which-Figure 1 is a side view of a complete device, showing a portion of thecasing broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line A-B of Fig.1, looking upwardly.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the casing, which has curvedside walls and The general figure of the side walls is a circle, but onone side this figure is flattened to form a plane face in which anopening 1 is produced. Within the casing is mounted a spring motorcomprising a main arbor 2 driven by a coiled spring 3, the outer end ofwhich is fixed to the box ring 4, a main gear 5 meshing with a lanternpinion which together with the scape wheel 9 is fixed upon the arbor 8,a ratchet wheel 6 with a detent pawl 7 held in engagement by the usualspring 7 a pallet lever 10 carrying the tapper head 11, and a detent 12sliding in ears 13 and 18 on the casing. A button 15 is providedexternal to the casing for turning the arbor 2 and thus winding thespring. The end of the detent is provided with a contact button 12between which and the ear 13 is placed a coiled spring 14, which tendsto hold the detent normally in such position that its head or button 12projects through the opening 1 in the casing, and the member within thecasing engages the end of the lever 10 beneath the head 11, thuspreventing vibration thereof. The tapper head 11, which may convenientlybe weighted to produce a heavier blow, lies close to the projecting endof the detent 12, and its path of travel is through the same opening 1",in an arc the tangent of which at the point of intersection with theplane of the outer face of the casing is substantially perpendicular tothe latter, so as to produce a direct blow upon any object to which saidface is applied. There may be a slight angular divergence in thisrespect without loss of efliciency, and as the lever 10 is necessarilypivoted within the case, the blow cannot in all cases be normal to thesurface of the object, but I prefer to approximate this normal orperpendicular direction as closely as possible.

The detent 12, spring pressed at 14, constitutes a simple controllingdevice for the motor, the strength of the spring 14 being such that atall times except when the head 12 is forced into the casing, the lever10 and tapper head 11 will be held immovable, locking the wheel 9against turning. In the drawing I have shown the casing with itsflattened wall pressed against a plane object 16, such as a pane ofglass. Since this flattened wall bears a fixed relation to the motor andother parts, especially the tapper head 11 and the detent head 12, itacts as a gage, to limit the travel of the hammer or tapper and tomaintain a fixed and rigid relation between said tapper 11, thecontrolling device or detent 12, and the surface of the object 16 to beacted upon. The plane of impact of the tapper and the plane in which theouter surface of the head 12 lies during such impact, is the plane ofthe outer surface of the gage wall.

The operation of this device will be fully understood from the foregoingdescription and the drawing. With the motor spring wound, the flatportion of the casing is held firmly against the object 16, and the head12 of the detent 12 is thus forced and maintained in the position shownin Fig. 1. The

lever 10 being released, the train of gears operates to vibrate it andthe tapper head 11, producing one or more blows of the latter againstthe surface of the object, the number of blows being determined by theduration of contact of the casing.

I am aware that some changes may be made in matters of detail in thisdevice without departing from the spirit of my invention; also that theprinciple involved may be employed in other forms of apparatus, andapplied to many useful purposes. I do not wish to limit myself thereforeto the specific embodiment I have disclosed, nor to its use exclusivelyas a toy, and I wish it understood that I contemplate all such modiiications and uses as may fairly fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What I claim is 1. A power driven tapping device com prising a casinghaving an opening in one of its walls, a spring driven train of gearsmounted in said casing, a tapper head actuated thereby and normallylying entirely within the casing but adapted to strike through theopening, and a detent for said tapper with resilient means normallyforcing it against the tapper with its extremity protruding through theopening in prox imity to the tapper head whereby the application of thecasing to an object will force in the detent, release the tapper andcause the latter to strike the object in close proximity to the point ofcontact of the detent, substantially as described.

2. A power driven tapping device comprising a casing having one planeface containing an opening but otherwise entirely closed; a spring motorsecured within the casing, with external means for winding the same; aweighted tapper head actuated by said motor and normally lying entirelywithin the casing but having its path of travel extending through saidopening and substantially perpendicular to said plane face of thecasing; and a detent normally pressed out through the opening and havinga member within the casing adapted to then restrain the movement of thetapper head, but when forced in to disengage the same, whereby pressureon the plane surface of the casing against an object external theretowill free the tapper head and cause it to strike repeated blows throughthe opening against said object, substantially as described.

23. A power driven tapping device comprising a casing having an openingin one wall thereof, but otherwise closed, a spring motor in saidcasing, a tapper head actuated by said motor, and a spring presseddetent for the tapper head, said detent and tapper head both operatingthrough the single opening in the casing, substantially as described.

4;. A power driven tapping device com prising a motor, a tapper headdriven by the motor, and a controlling device for the tapper head,together with a casing inolos ing said parts and provided with a gagingface adapted to limit the travel and determine the plane of impact ofthe detent and the tapper head, respectively, substantially asdescribed.

5. A power driven tapping device comprising a spring motor, a weightedtapper head driven thereby, and a controlling device for the tapperhead, together with a gage device bearing a fixed relation to the motorand the other parts, and in operation adapted to maintain a fixed andrigid relation between the tapper, the controlling device, and thesurface to be operated upon, substantialy as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

' EDWARD C. REGLT.

YVitnesses:

JAMES T. WATSON, W. H. SMALLwooD.

